If contrariness is my inheritance and destiny, so be it. From Wordnik.com. [wendell berry | the contrariness of the mad farmer « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
By a natural perversity of disposition, which my nursemaids called contrariness. From Wordnik.com. [Eothen] Reference
"contrariness" of her daughters, who were "always on the lookout for some new way of opposing her.". From Wordnik.com. [The Idiot] Reference
In a way, you've got to admire their contrariness. From Wordnik.com. [World Cup 2010: France v South Africa - as it happened] Reference
Now this could be nothing but sheer contrariness on. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of the Soil] Reference
At least her contrariness extended to the others, too. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of Daggers]
Philosophers may know the reasons for this contrariness. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
A useful reminder, but we'll match Ruffini's contrariness with our own. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Digest: </2008>] Reference
What was on my mind as I pulled the covers up was the contrariness of life. From Wordnik.com. [Murder By The Book]
From the Chambers of the world, it is more a statement of fashion contrariness. From Wordnik.com. [Should footballers bring their kids on the pitch?] Reference
There is, in fact, an almost perverse streak of contrariness to Smith's sculpture. From Wordnik.com. [A Minimalist Artist With a Modernist Bent] Reference
The Wahlig's brother was tired, deflated and had exhausted his stock of contrariness. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire In His Hands]
His amiability is undercut by contrariness, his sensitivity dulled by self-absorption. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: The Water Walker] Reference
But for some reason, knee-jerk contrariness or just blind stupidity, it must not sink in. From Wordnik.com. [Beach Road]
"There's more than enough space here," I pointed out, more from contrariness than anything. From Wordnik.com. [Timegod's World]
"Take advantage of his contrariness, and try to drive him 't other way," said somebody else. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
Mr. Tierney, Ms. Collins said, is an "out-of-the-box" thinker with a knack for contrariness. From Wordnik.com. [Off the Record] Reference
But her beauty, which was radiant in the morning light, took the contrariness from her words. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage Out] Reference
Literature is the expression of nuance and contrariness against the voices of simplification. From Wordnik.com. [In Jerusalem] Reference
"Then I will force this bundle of contrariness disguised as a horse into keeping up with you.". From Wordnik.com. [Fiddler Fair]
Well, he'd be doubly damned if he'd lose another night's sleep over the contrariness of his wife. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
With the morbid contrariness of the human imagination, the boy's avid grasping gave him no comfort. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
Is it, more positively, a statement of the town's admirable contrariness and independence of spirit?. From Wordnik.com. [Is Lymington the snootiest town in Britain?] Reference
The difference, the contrariness even, which is within the Commonwealth, is what is within the world. From Wordnik.com. [Empires of the Mind: Canada and the Commonwealth] Reference
I tried to think of a reason for my contrariness and, at the time, I gave you one, but it wasn't true. From Wordnik.com. [Capture This Thing] Reference
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